6.An unexpected visitor

Dear diary,
 
I love my life, and I thank the Almighty for this blessing everyday. Yes the others probably don't know I pray. I usually do it in the comfort of my own peace. I wonder if Talion does the same. He is supposed to know about higher arcane which involves a lot of faith. Or so I think at least. Heron and Verfy started training together to become stronger. I do wander how they manage to make those jumps and exercises on deck. Firstly it's blazing hot. Secondly it just tilts from side to side a lot. We set up some kind of tent with a few hanging sheets at Xebec's advice. Today I hung myself in a net while I was with Eve. She somehow managed to stand comfortably inside a series of ropes and nets that were holding the main mast so I decided I would try as well. I couldn't let her best me. Cause why the hell not. I managed to entangle myself enough not to fall and we continued with our usual talk.
 
Oh I remembered. When we left the port of Alomir, a strange shadow appeared on our ship. Naturally we went and search for any intruders, but we couldn't find anything. I swear I saw something. Xebec too. After we declared the ship intruderless, we started sailing. The girls tried to contact this intruder while we were sailling but to no avail, except a fingerprint left on a piece of paper. We didn't understand much of it. Talion went and stood with cookies on the deck. Talion is weird sometimes. Before we reached Arofa we decided to tell our crew about our plans, and where we intend on going. In the Great Western Desolation that is. As expected the people did not want to die so we had to persuade them. I tried to talk but everybody started shouting and interrupting me. Verfy was set on battling every pirate on deck to prove she can protect them, Nixie called them a bunch of babies and Talion... fell... Xebec did not have any succes either. So yeah we got ourselves a mutiny. The crew pulled the ship into the Arofan harbor and then went to the tavern to drink. We had to get them back somehow, so we went there too. After arriving in the tavern we heard news of a waterfall from Lem-Nedim, probably the oldest Singularist temple still left in the world, which got exploded and about a monk killed with some sort of dark magic blades. I was afraid we transported the one who did all of this because we did stop close to the island in which the temple was found. The others were startled as well. After some conversation with our mutinous crew Eve, after a few too many beers, started a speech which surprisingly got them all on board with us. I don't know how she managed, but her speech really was wonderful. I hope I have some merit in this. She even came to ask me how it was. I felt so proud. Of both her and me. She is cute when drunk, but it surely doesn't do her good. She spilled some of her frustrations with Talion and how her life was miserable because of him. I wanted to give Talion a beating right then and there. But that would surely have made things a lot worse between us three. I mean Talion already probably only sees me like some kind of annoying brat, while I respect him and try to help him. Talion said that his friends abandoned him, but I am starting to feel as he was the one pushing them away and the one who, granted unintentionally, brought the party's separation. Maybe he made big mistake at some point and it stained his relationship with the others. I couldn't know. I just pray all will be good.
 
When we got to the boat, something really weird started happening. Talion stopped randomly in the middle of the deck while telling us to stand close. There was nothing around us, but we followed his advice. This went on for a few minutes. Talion told us, his demon "friend" came back and will probably harm us. He warned us to not aproach the water, and the cabins. We started hearing some voice at some point. It just said "Talion". Eve tried to fight this voice and went to the cabin. There she screamed and fell on the deck. She wasn't injured or hurt. Looks like Talion's demon, Axiol, scared Eve while he did nothing but stand there, eyes closed and in some kind of meditation, by the looks of it. We understood the danger that wasn't around us so we started going back to normal, except for Talion who was still standing there unmoved. Eve was a bit... shocked and mad at Talion for that. Shortly after Talion did something and a small figure dropped on the deck from, well, nowhere. She looked really bad and dead, but we knew she was alive. I can't explain. Her body was as light as a lyre string and it was dying?. I have never seen something like this. She was literally cheating death. Maybe there is something about these planes of existence Talion told us about. She was the Black Sylph, the grandchild. I don't know and don't want to know what Talion did to her but we had to save her immediately. We quickly rushed the crew and Xebec to take us to the Monument of Life in hopes we would get there in time. She is too important to die because of Talion's misdoings. Looks like that demon got the best of him. I hope he doesn't drag Eve into this.
 
May the Almighty guide him and us on the right path.